Is m.fanfox.net safe?
https://m.fanfox.net/manga/darashinai_desu_hotta_sensei
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 6 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Manga reader site with intrusive ad redirects and external app promotions
m.fanfox.net is a manga aggregation platform that serves as a successor to MangaFox. The site displays manga content but uses aggressive advertising that triggers redirects to third-party applications and external services. Security scans show no malware detections, but user reports highlight intrusive redirects that vary by location.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 62/100
Moderate Risk covers scores 45–69. 3 findings pulled the score down; 1 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Les redirections intempestives vers ... , variable selon votre localisation géographique, peut s'avérer particulièrement intrusive."-17 pts
- Moderate2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Redirections intempestives : Les renvois vers des applications tierces agacent les utilisateurs."-16 pts
- MinorNo direct contact email found on the captured page
What pushed the score up
- SupportsNo malicious detections from the multi-engine malware scan or the browser threat feed
Points come from the saved evidence ledger: it lowered the score from 95 to 62 and split those 33 points between the findings that show points; the others carry no points in the ledger. Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
m.fanfox.net is a manga aggregation platform that serves as a successor to MangaFox. The site displays manga content but uses aggressive advertising that triggers redirects to third-party applications and external services. Security scans show no malware detections, but user reports highlight intrusive redirects that vary by location.
User complaints about redirects and advertising
Two independent research sources document user complaints about intrusive redirects to third-party applications that vary by geographic location.
The site promotes external services including a 'Z6 Shop' and a 'Manga App' at mangazoneapp.com, along with links to related manga platforms.
Clean security scans but missing operator details
The multi-engine malware scan and the browser threat feed both returned clean results with no malicious detections across 93 engines.
The site does not disclose direct contact information on the captured page, and the operator identity remains undisclosed.
Why the score is 62
2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Les redirections intempestives vers ... , variable selon votre localisation géographique, peut s'avérer particulièrement intrusive.". Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 93
No detectionsFresh result
No detections across 58 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 35 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
All 93 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- BitDefenderbusiness
- Dr.Webadult content
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekeradult content
- Googlemedia_and_entertainment
- Sophosentertainment
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
Darashinai desu, Hotta-sensei!
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Darashinai desu, Hotta-sensei!
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Darashinai desu, Hotta-sensei!
Pages we read
- Main page/manga/darashinai_desu_hotta_senseiRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Darashinai desu, Hotta-sensei!
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
Aggressive Ads & Malvertising
Service and business model
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 012 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Les redirections intempestives vers ... , variable selon votre localisation géographique, peut s'avérer particulièrement intrusive."
- 022 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Redirections intempestives : Les renvois vers des applications tierces agacent les utilisateurs."
- 03Site promotes external manga app and shop services through cross-domain links
Web research findings
Independent findings for m.fanfox.net, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainm.fanfox.net
- Redirects tom.fanfox.net
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencesfonts.googleapis.com · ajax.googleapis.com
Domain Timeline
- Jan 29, 2018Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 8 years old when this review was saved.
- Nov 1, 2026Saved security review — Rated Moderate Risk
The evidence in this saved scan is mixed or incomplete; the completed checks are detailed above.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- No direct contact email found on the captured page.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for fanfox.net.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Meta Pixel
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Les redirections intempestives vers ... , variable selon votre localisation géographique, peut s'avérer particulièrement intrusive." · 2 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "Redirections intempestives : Les renvois vers des applications tierces agacent les utilisateurs."
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | No adverse finding | fresh · analysed Nov 1, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
| Independent research | 2 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Nov 1, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
- Independent research
- Result2 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is m.fanfox.net a scam or is it safe?
Is m.fanfox.net safe to use?
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Is m.fanfox.net on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Manga reader site with intrusive ad redirects and external app promotions
m.fanfox.net is a manga aggregation platform that serves as a successor to MangaFox. The site displays manga content but uses aggressive advertising that triggers redirects to third-party applications and external services. Security scans show no malware detections, but user reports highlight intrusive redirects that vary by location.
09 · Community
Community
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